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Hello again, I just wanted to say a quick hello to all my review-ies, when I got online today I saw that I had six new reviews and I was so happy!! Thank you for letting me know you care lol and thanks again for reviewing... you made my day!!
SilentSlayer: The meeting between the two love birds won't happen until chapter 4 I'm thinking... because I want to expand on their childhood imagination for a bit... I'm glad you are enjoying my story... keep reading
Dizzy F.o.B: Thanks for reviewing, more is on the way : )
Picture un-perfect: I'm happy that your happy... hehe
Mortal Immortal: I do feel loved... more than ever... thanks again ; )
KittySamurai506: I plan to carry the timeline all the way up until Inu and Kag are about 18-20 years old... I know I know... it seems like forever... but I'll make it go by fast... right now the pair are about 5-7 years old... (hints- inu carrying around crayons...) Here is chapter 3 enjoy!!
The Shadows: You were one of my first reviewers, thanks so much... chapter three is right here so maybe you could give me a full review?? Pretty please?? I wanna know how much I suck... lol
AGAIN, TO ALL REVIEWERS... YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION!! I LOVE YOU ALL... AND THANKF FOR ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL WORDS... I KNOW PERSENT CHAPTER THREE...
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The next day,
Kagome sat alone in the dining hall, picking at her morning breakfast, her mind wandering...
She couldn't get the two-legged land creature out of her head. The image of him running along the beach kept flashing in Kagome's mind... she wanted a better look at him... she had never seen something so strange before.
'In a way," she thought, 'he's allot like me... afraid of the wrath of his parents if he's late for dinner...' Kagome had to smile to herself; she loved having secrets, especially secrets like these.
The stout doors of the dining hall opened and her father entered dramatically, his eyes scanned the room before coming to a gaze upon his daughter. Kagome stood up quickly and bowed to her father.
"Sit, sit, my Kagome," he said, with a swishing of his left hand. Kagome returned to her seat and pretended to be more interested in her breakfast then her father.
Kagome's father, King Yuu, the King of the Great Ocean, and Lord of its creatures was, indeed, a powerful merking. He was proud of his kingdom, and he had the right to be, every creature living in it feared him, and his words. He was more of a dictator than a king, Kagome often wondered if her father ruled his country properly. He certainly looked fearsome enough; he wore his long, black hair down and divided into pieces, each piece was tipped with a solid silver bracket at each end. When he swam his hair flew behind his head and made a loud, metallic noise. He was tall and thick throughout the chest and his fin was a deep blue, with flicks of black throughout it.
Attendants, hurried in and out of the dining hall now. Two pulled back the King's chair, another two pushed it in. The King's morning breakfast was brought on fine, coral, platters and was always the same thing every day. A stack of seaweed pancakes, kelp grits, and an assortment of delicate roots, sushi, and mussels. The King ate in an elegant fashion and always found something to complain about... "Attendant..." he called, "these pancakes are too large, I need them a fourth of that size...take these away..." Again swishing his left hand, the attendant apologized and swam out of the room, carrying the tray. Kagome just shook her head and tried not to make any more trouble for the attendants than they needed.
"So...Kagome dear, tell me..." the King said finally to Kagome, "do the civilians treat you with the respect that a Princess deserves?"
Kagome had gotten very good at faking a happy attitude, so she placed a fake smile on her face and spoke joyfully, "Oh... why yes... of course Father. They are most humble. They even let me win sometimes when we are playing tag..."
King Yuu's fist hit the table, almost knocking Kagome's glass off the table, but she caught it.
"No, you see Kagome, you must not let other people LET you win. That shows weakness...you must be strong, you must always win! Then you earn peoples respect...but respect is not the half of it... they must KNOW that you mean business..."
Kagome just wanted to put her hands over her ears and swim out of the room, but she remained silent and listened to her father lecture.
"...and that is what makes a MAN, Kagome. One of these days, you will have boys chasing after you, wanting you only for your wealth... you must be strong, and pick out the weaklings from the warriors... because only a MAN can take his place on a throne."
"Yes Father." Kagome answered sweetly.
"Now, tell me about all the friends you made yesterday..." the King said, leaning back in his chair.
"Actually Father, I was just planning on excusing myself so that I may go out and play." Kagome lied.
"Oh, then by all means, you are excused my dear. Go out and have fun, you only get that chance for a short time in your life, might as well make the best of it." The King smiled to himself, and wiped his mouth. Kagome stood up and kissed her father lightly on the forehead, curtsied sweetly and swam, quickly, out of the room. The King watched his daughter with shinning eyes, "She'll be a heartbreaker, on day."
Kagome swam up to her room, brushed her hair, and then fitted her crown on top of her head. She was about to leave when a thought came into her head.
'Maybe people treat me differently, because I am the princess...what if I wasn't?' with that idea she took her crown off and placed it back on its holder. She swam out of her window and out towards the direction of her secret harbor.
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Inuyasha surprisingly wasn't in that much trouble. It turned out that Sesshomaru didn't even go to dinner last night. He had to stay late at his fighting lesions because the teacher said he wasn't concentrating hard enough. Inuyasha laughed when he heard this, Sesshomaru... daydreaming?
After breakfast the next morning, Inuyasha was supposed to go to the royal library and study on ancient languages, 'I'd much rather study on ancient weaponry.' Inuyasha told himself. But that was not on the curriculum of being a prince. Inuyasha had to at least wait until he was 10 to be able to take fighting classes like Sesshomaru. He didn't think that was very fair.
Inuyasha slowly made his way down to the royal library. His hands stuffed in his pockets and his head down, he didn't need to look up, people moved out of the way for him to pass, and he knew the way by heart, he could probably do it blindfolded.
As he walked down the long corridor, he came to a small window that overlooked the palace gardens, and the royal lake behind them. Inuyasha paused to gaze out of the window. Yesterday had been fun, all by himself, with no one to bug him about royal duties or stupid classes.
Inuyasha's young mind began to wander, 'maybe I can go play outside for a little while and then come in before lunch... oh... Oh... and I can get my shovel and dig a big hole, and then push Sesshomaru into it!'
He was convinced, so he ran down the corridor and out the main doors that led to the royal gardens. As he ran through the flowers, he could hear many of the palace gardeners yelling at him, but he just ignored them. He made a game with himself that he would not stop running, at full speed, until there was no more land to run on; meaning the end of the dock.
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed as he focused on his objective. He brought his arms in close to his body, and he regulated his breathing. He flew down the rocky steps that led to the royal beach. Along the sand he had to use more energy, because it was hard to run on such thick sand, but Inuyasha loved testing himself, even if he was only half demon. At six years old he could out run any human. Inuyasha could see the dock; he pushed himself harder, 'Whoopie!! I'm flying' he thought to himself, as his feet touched the dock's wooden planks. Only two hundred feet to go, and he was running at full speed.
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Kagome had enjoyed her swim to her secret inlet, and now she grew even more excited as she could see the dock a few feet in front of her. As she passed under the dock's protective shadow she wondered if her little two-legged friend would show up today. She didn't want to get herself to excited, the odds were against her, but she had to find out.
Kagome surfaced underneath the dock, just a few boards away from the edge. She kicked her fin, and brought her face up to peer in between the boards. She stretched her eyes too look for the rocks and shell she left, she could see out of the very corner of her eye, she shadow of the rock pile. Kagome sank back down into the water, she felt hurt. 'He didn't come back..." she said her herself. Kagome felt like she was going to cry, but a noise stopped her tears.
(Authors Note: ok, I know it's been easy to tell when Kagome's telling the story or when Inuyasha is telling the story... but for this next scene I'm going to combine their point of view's... so try and follow along... this should be fun ; ) )
Inuyasha's face grinned with pleasure, "The home stretch!!" he shouted out loud.
The sound was like that of thunder to Kagome, the whole dock shook and vibrated. Whatever was coming her way was moving very fast. Kagome grabbed onto the closest wooden peer leg and held on. 'Maybe it's an earthquake...' Kagome thought to herself.
It wasn't an earthquake; it was a little hanyou moving VERY fast.
For the last thirty feet, Inuyasha felt such an adrenaline rush, that he closed his eyes in anticipation of reaching his goal.
The only problem was, he opened them a little too late to stop.
Inuyasha slammed on his heels, and let out a whelp of astonishment. But it was too late, his attempting to stop short only made him spring, high into the air. Inuyasha soared off the end of the dock and landed, stomach down, with a huge SSSPPPLLLLAAAASSSSSHHHHHHHHHH on the water; a good twenty feet from the edge of the dock.
The scream and huge splash in front of her scared Kagome so much that she too let out a scream. Kagome pulled her head back underwater, in time to see an X shaped object fall down towards the lake bottom. (Authors Note: X shaped because Inuyasha has his arms and legs spread out... so it he looks like a big X... kinda imagine Inuyasha doing a belly flop... lol... just for those who didn't get the idea... ok I'm done)
Suddenly, Inuyasha sprung to life and began to thrash around under the water. Bubbles escaped his mouth as he choked on the water. He was able to float so his body rose to the top of the lake but he continued to thrash about.
Underwater Kagome could hear the poor creature screaming at the surface. "Help... *glub glub* I can't... *glub* SWIM!!"
Kagome recognized the voice, even if it was drowning. It was her land friend! Kagome flashed out from underneath the dock's shadow, towards the helpless creature. She wrapped her arms around his waist and kicked her fin towards the surface.
Kagome forgot about her fears and splashed through the surface of the water. Trying to keep the creatures head above water, she swam for the dock. The creature in her arms still continued to thrash about, one of his legs kicked Kagome in the side. Kagome lost her grip on the creature and he began to sink back down underwater.
Kagome grabbed for her side, and hunched over in pain. She looked up in time to see the creatures head disappear again under the water.
Kagome dove back down underwater, and increased her speed. She needed to try a different approach of grabbing him so that he wouldn't kick her. Kagome passed her sinking friend and dove deeper. Then she turned back upwards and started again for the surface.
The sinking figure of Inuyasha had stopped thrashing about, only a few bubbles escaped his mouth as he sunk deeper. Kagome came up from under him and grabbed him from under the knees and behind the back. (Authors Note: Yes, bridal style...) she kicked her fin faster and faster beneath her, as the surface of the water got closer and closer again.
Kagome exploded out of the water, with the hanyou in her arms. She was exhausted, she didn't know if the creature in her arms was dead or alive. Whoever he was, and whatever he was, he was heavy. Kagome thought her arms were gonna give out. She couldn't carry this much weight.
Images and voices began to flash into Kagome's head as she made her way again towards the dock. 'This is insane!' she thought, 'if my father could see me saving a land creature, he would kill me and the creature...'
As Kagome reached the dock, with the last of her strength, she threw Inuyasha so that he laid half in the water and half out. His chest and head, with arms spread out in front of him, lay on the wooden deck. His middle have submerged and his legs underwater.
Kagome swam back down underwater, took a deep breath and then kicked her fin to take her to the surface. As she shot out of the water, she grabbed the edge of the dock and turned her body to that she landed next to Inuyasha.
Kagome had no idea how to check and see if he was ok or not. She didn't know how land creatures operated. Kagome just leaned in closer and looked at his face.
The creature's mouth hung open slightly, half revealing his short fangs. On his hands were long claws. Kagome's eyes suddenly caught something on the top of his head. She leaned in for a closer look. Besides a wet, mass of silver tresses the creature had two, very cute, pair of dog ears! Kagome had seen pictures of dogs in her father's books, but she would have never had guessed that her land creature had them too!
Kagome extended a graceful hand and touched one of the ears. Her fingers barley brushed it when it began to twitch. Kagome quickly pulled her hand away, as if it had been bitten by something. The creature made no sign of movement, and his ear stopped twitching. Kagome tried again, she had to touch one of those adorable ears! Her fingers were centimeters away, when Kagome gave in and lunged. She grabbed a hold of one and began to rub it. It was so soft and cute!
Unexpectedly, she heard a soft purr admit from the creature's body. Kagome fell even more in love with his soft, fluffy, cuteness. The purr was followed by and violent cough and Kagome jumped back as Inuyasha began to cough up water, and gasp for air.
His body began to quiver as he breathed in and out. Kagome lowered herself back down into the water. As soon as Inuyasha sensed movement around him, his golden eyes opened. He saw a blur of a face and hair travel out of his line of vision.
Inuyasha pulled his head up and lifted himself up. "Wait... *cough cough* hey wait... *cough*"
Kagome was half submerged when she heard him speak to her. She turned to eyes back to him, and for the first time, the two creature's eyes met and they stared at each other.
Kagome's heart was in her throat. Her eyes must have been popping out of her head. She was too astounded to move.
Inuyasha found his strength and pulled himself fully onto the dock. Kagome backed up a bit from him. She stared at the way he manipulated his body, with those two legs.
Inuyasha crawled to his hands and knees, not taking his eyes off of the girl in the water. She looked normal enough. But he had no idea what was going on.
Kagome's eyes directed again towards the creatures set of ears. They now stood on the top of his head, slightly twitching and directed at her.
Kagome smiled at his ears and extended her hand for one last touch.
Inuyasha dared not move as the girl moved closer to him. Her extended hand went up towards his head, he dared not even breathe. Then suddenly he felt a sharp pull from his right ear.
"Ouch! Hey let go! That hurts!" Inuyasha yelled.
Kagome let go of the ear and jumped back. She moved herself directly behind one of the big wooden pier poles. She hid her face for a second but peered around the cylinder corner. The creature stood sat on his two legs rubbing his right ear.
"Their real ya know..." Inuyasha said, "and sensitive!"
Kagome just stared at him.
Inuyasha leaned forward at bit. "Don't you talk?"
Kagome nodded her head.
"Then talk."
Kagome just stared at him.
"You're boring." Inuyasha said. He began to ring the water out of his jacket.
"You no swim." Kagome said shyly.
Inuyasha jumped at her words. "Feh, I don't need to swim." He said. "You need to when you fall in the water." Kagome stated.
"Feh..." Inuyasha said.
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Hey Everyone I'm soo sorry but I'm gonna have to stop there for now... I'll continue it tomorrow... R&R if you wanna yell at me... lol...
Hello again, I just wanted to say a quick hello to all my review-ies, when I got online today I saw that I had six new reviews and I was so happy!! Thank you for letting me know you care lol and thanks again for reviewing... you made my day!!
SilentSlayer: The meeting between the two love birds won't happen until chapter 4 I'm thinking... because I want to expand on their childhood imagination for a bit... I'm glad you are enjoying my story... keep reading
Dizzy F.o.B: Thanks for reviewing, more is on the way : )
Picture un-perfect: I'm happy that your happy... hehe
Mortal Immortal: I do feel loved... more than ever... thanks again ; )
KittySamurai506: I plan to carry the timeline all the way up until Inu and Kag are about 18-20 years old... I know I know... it seems like forever... but I'll make it go by fast... right now the pair are about 5-7 years old... (hints- inu carrying around crayons...) Here is chapter 3 enjoy!!
The Shadows: You were one of my first reviewers, thanks so much... chapter three is right here so maybe you could give me a full review?? Pretty please?? I wanna know how much I suck... lol
AGAIN, TO ALL REVIEWERS... YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION!! I LOVE YOU ALL... AND THANKF FOR ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL WORDS... I KNOW PERSENT CHAPTER THREE...
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The next day,
Kagome sat alone in the dining hall, picking at her morning breakfast, her mind wandering...
She couldn't get the two-legged land creature out of her head. The image of him running along the beach kept flashing in Kagome's mind... she wanted a better look at him... she had never seen something so strange before.
'In a way," she thought, 'he's allot like me... afraid of the wrath of his parents if he's late for dinner...' Kagome had to smile to herself; she loved having secrets, especially secrets like these.
The stout doors of the dining hall opened and her father entered dramatically, his eyes scanned the room before coming to a gaze upon his daughter. Kagome stood up quickly and bowed to her father.
"Sit, sit, my Kagome," he said, with a swishing of his left hand. Kagome returned to her seat and pretended to be more interested in her breakfast then her father.
Kagome's father, King Yuu, the King of the Great Ocean, and Lord of its creatures was, indeed, a powerful merking. He was proud of his kingdom, and he had the right to be, every creature living in it feared him, and his words. He was more of a dictator than a king, Kagome often wondered if her father ruled his country properly. He certainly looked fearsome enough; he wore his long, black hair down and divided into pieces, each piece was tipped with a solid silver bracket at each end. When he swam his hair flew behind his head and made a loud, metallic noise. He was tall and thick throughout the chest and his fin was a deep blue, with flicks of black throughout it.
Attendants, hurried in and out of the dining hall now. Two pulled back the King's chair, another two pushed it in. The King's morning breakfast was brought on fine, coral, platters and was always the same thing every day. A stack of seaweed pancakes, kelp grits, and an assortment of delicate roots, sushi, and mussels. The King ate in an elegant fashion and always found something to complain about... "Attendant..." he called, "these pancakes are too large, I need them a fourth of that size...take these away..." Again swishing his left hand, the attendant apologized and swam out of the room, carrying the tray. Kagome just shook her head and tried not to make any more trouble for the attendants than they needed.
"So...Kagome dear, tell me..." the King said finally to Kagome, "do the civilians treat you with the respect that a Princess deserves?"
Kagome had gotten very good at faking a happy attitude, so she placed a fake smile on her face and spoke joyfully, "Oh... why yes... of course Father. They are most humble. They even let me win sometimes when we are playing tag..."
King Yuu's fist hit the table, almost knocking Kagome's glass off the table, but she caught it.
"No, you see Kagome, you must not let other people LET you win. That shows weakness...you must be strong, you must always win! Then you earn peoples respect...but respect is not the half of it... they must KNOW that you mean business..."
Kagome just wanted to put her hands over her ears and swim out of the room, but she remained silent and listened to her father lecture.
"...and that is what makes a MAN, Kagome. One of these days, you will have boys chasing after you, wanting you only for your wealth... you must be strong, and pick out the weaklings from the warriors... because only a MAN can take his place on a throne."
"Yes Father." Kagome answered sweetly.
"Now, tell me about all the friends you made yesterday..." the King said, leaning back in his chair.
"Actually Father, I was just planning on excusing myself so that I may go out and play." Kagome lied.
"Oh, then by all means, you are excused my dear. Go out and have fun, you only get that chance for a short time in your life, might as well make the best of it." The King smiled to himself, and wiped his mouth. Kagome stood up and kissed her father lightly on the forehead, curtsied sweetly and swam, quickly, out of the room. The King watched his daughter with shinning eyes, "She'll be a heartbreaker, on day."
Kagome swam up to her room, brushed her hair, and then fitted her crown on top of her head. She was about to leave when a thought came into her head.
'Maybe people treat me differently, because I am the princess...what if I wasn't?' with that idea she took her crown off and placed it back on its holder. She swam out of her window and out towards the direction of her secret harbor.
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Inuyasha surprisingly wasn't in that much trouble. It turned out that Sesshomaru didn't even go to dinner last night. He had to stay late at his fighting lesions because the teacher said he wasn't concentrating hard enough. Inuyasha laughed when he heard this, Sesshomaru... daydreaming?
After breakfast the next morning, Inuyasha was supposed to go to the royal library and study on ancient languages, 'I'd much rather study on ancient weaponry.' Inuyasha told himself. But that was not on the curriculum of being a prince. Inuyasha had to at least wait until he was 10 to be able to take fighting classes like Sesshomaru. He didn't think that was very fair.
Inuyasha slowly made his way down to the royal library. His hands stuffed in his pockets and his head down, he didn't need to look up, people moved out of the way for him to pass, and he knew the way by heart, he could probably do it blindfolded.
As he walked down the long corridor, he came to a small window that overlooked the palace gardens, and the royal lake behind them. Inuyasha paused to gaze out of the window. Yesterday had been fun, all by himself, with no one to bug him about royal duties or stupid classes.
Inuyasha's young mind began to wander, 'maybe I can go play outside for a little while and then come in before lunch... oh... Oh... and I can get my shovel and dig a big hole, and then push Sesshomaru into it!'
He was convinced, so he ran down the corridor and out the main doors that led to the royal gardens. As he ran through the flowers, he could hear many of the palace gardeners yelling at him, but he just ignored them. He made a game with himself that he would not stop running, at full speed, until there was no more land to run on; meaning the end of the dock.
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed as he focused on his objective. He brought his arms in close to his body, and he regulated his breathing. He flew down the rocky steps that led to the royal beach. Along the sand he had to use more energy, because it was hard to run on such thick sand, but Inuyasha loved testing himself, even if he was only half demon. At six years old he could out run any human. Inuyasha could see the dock; he pushed himself harder, 'Whoopie!! I'm flying' he thought to himself, as his feet touched the dock's wooden planks. Only two hundred feet to go, and he was running at full speed.
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Kagome had enjoyed her swim to her secret inlet, and now she grew even more excited as she could see the dock a few feet in front of her. As she passed under the dock's protective shadow she wondered if her little two-legged friend would show up today. She didn't want to get herself to excited, the odds were against her, but she had to find out.
Kagome surfaced underneath the dock, just a few boards away from the edge. She kicked her fin, and brought her face up to peer in between the boards. She stretched her eyes too look for the rocks and shell she left, she could see out of the very corner of her eye, she shadow of the rock pile. Kagome sank back down into the water, she felt hurt. 'He didn't come back..." she said her herself. Kagome felt like she was going to cry, but a noise stopped her tears.
(Authors Note: ok, I know it's been easy to tell when Kagome's telling the story or when Inuyasha is telling the story... but for this next scene I'm going to combine their point of view's... so try and follow along... this should be fun ; ) )
Inuyasha's face grinned with pleasure, "The home stretch!!" he shouted out loud.
The sound was like that of thunder to Kagome, the whole dock shook and vibrated. Whatever was coming her way was moving very fast. Kagome grabbed onto the closest wooden peer leg and held on. 'Maybe it's an earthquake...' Kagome thought to herself.
It wasn't an earthquake; it was a little hanyou moving VERY fast.
For the last thirty feet, Inuyasha felt such an adrenaline rush, that he closed his eyes in anticipation of reaching his goal.
The only problem was, he opened them a little too late to stop.
Inuyasha slammed on his heels, and let out a whelp of astonishment. But it was too late, his attempting to stop short only made him spring, high into the air. Inuyasha soared off the end of the dock and landed, stomach down, with a huge SSSPPPLLLLAAAASSSSSHHHHHHHHHH on the water; a good twenty feet from the edge of the dock.
The scream and huge splash in front of her scared Kagome so much that she too let out a scream. Kagome pulled her head back underwater, in time to see an X shaped object fall down towards the lake bottom. (Authors Note: X shaped because Inuyasha has his arms and legs spread out... so it he looks like a big X... kinda imagine Inuyasha doing a belly flop... lol... just for those who didn't get the idea... ok I'm done)
Suddenly, Inuyasha sprung to life and began to thrash around under the water. Bubbles escaped his mouth as he choked on the water. He was able to float so his body rose to the top of the lake but he continued to thrash about.
Underwater Kagome could hear the poor creature screaming at the surface. "Help... *glub glub* I can't... *glub* SWIM!!"
Kagome recognized the voice, even if it was drowning. It was her land friend! Kagome flashed out from underneath the dock's shadow, towards the helpless creature. She wrapped her arms around his waist and kicked her fin towards the surface.
Kagome forgot about her fears and splashed through the surface of the water. Trying to keep the creatures head above water, she swam for the dock. The creature in her arms still continued to thrash about, one of his legs kicked Kagome in the side. Kagome lost her grip on the creature and he began to sink back down underwater.
Kagome grabbed for her side, and hunched over in pain. She looked up in time to see the creatures head disappear again under the water.
Kagome dove back down underwater, and increased her speed. She needed to try a different approach of grabbing him so that he wouldn't kick her. Kagome passed her sinking friend and dove deeper. Then she turned back upwards and started again for the surface.
The sinking figure of Inuyasha had stopped thrashing about, only a few bubbles escaped his mouth as he sunk deeper. Kagome came up from under him and grabbed him from under the knees and behind the back. (Authors Note: Yes, bridal style...) she kicked her fin faster and faster beneath her, as the surface of the water got closer and closer again.
Kagome exploded out of the water, with the hanyou in her arms. She was exhausted, she didn't know if the creature in her arms was dead or alive. Whoever he was, and whatever he was, he was heavy. Kagome thought her arms were gonna give out. She couldn't carry this much weight.
Images and voices began to flash into Kagome's head as she made her way again towards the dock. 'This is insane!' she thought, 'if my father could see me saving a land creature, he would kill me and the creature...'
As Kagome reached the dock, with the last of her strength, she threw Inuyasha so that he laid half in the water and half out. His chest and head, with arms spread out in front of him, lay on the wooden deck. His middle have submerged and his legs underwater.
Kagome swam back down underwater, took a deep breath and then kicked her fin to take her to the surface. As she shot out of the water, she grabbed the edge of the dock and turned her body to that she landed next to Inuyasha.
Kagome had no idea how to check and see if he was ok or not. She didn't know how land creatures operated. Kagome just leaned in closer and looked at his face.
The creature's mouth hung open slightly, half revealing his short fangs. On his hands were long claws. Kagome's eyes suddenly caught something on the top of his head. She leaned in for a closer look. Besides a wet, mass of silver tresses the creature had two, very cute, pair of dog ears! Kagome had seen pictures of dogs in her father's books, but she would have never had guessed that her land creature had them too!
Kagome extended a graceful hand and touched one of the ears. Her fingers barley brushed it when it began to twitch. Kagome quickly pulled her hand away, as if it had been bitten by something. The creature made no sign of movement, and his ear stopped twitching. Kagome tried again, she had to touch one of those adorable ears! Her fingers were centimeters away, when Kagome gave in and lunged. She grabbed a hold of one and began to rub it. It was so soft and cute!
Unexpectedly, she heard a soft purr admit from the creature's body. Kagome fell even more in love with his soft, fluffy, cuteness. The purr was followed by and violent cough and Kagome jumped back as Inuyasha began to cough up water, and gasp for air.
His body began to quiver as he breathed in and out. Kagome lowered herself back down into the water. As soon as Inuyasha sensed movement around him, his golden eyes opened. He saw a blur of a face and hair travel out of his line of vision.
Inuyasha pulled his head up and lifted himself up. "Wait... *cough cough* hey wait... *cough*"
Kagome was half submerged when she heard him speak to her. She turned to eyes back to him, and for the first time, the two creature's eyes met and they stared at each other.
Kagome's heart was in her throat. Her eyes must have been popping out of her head. She was too astounded to move.
Inuyasha found his strength and pulled himself fully onto the dock. Kagome backed up a bit from him. She stared at the way he manipulated his body, with those two legs.
Inuyasha crawled to his hands and knees, not taking his eyes off of the girl in the water. She looked normal enough. But he had no idea what was going on.
Kagome's eyes directed again towards the creatures set of ears. They now stood on the top of his head, slightly twitching and directed at her.
Kagome smiled at his ears and extended her hand for one last touch.
Inuyasha dared not move as the girl moved closer to him. Her extended hand went up towards his head, he dared not even breathe. Then suddenly he felt a sharp pull from his right ear.
"Ouch! Hey let go! That hurts!" Inuyasha yelled.
Kagome let go of the ear and jumped back. She moved herself directly behind one of the big wooden pier poles. She hid her face for a second but peered around the cylinder corner. The creature stood sat on his two legs rubbing his right ear.
"Their real ya know..." Inuyasha said, "and sensitive!"
Kagome just stared at him.
Inuyasha leaned forward at bit. "Don't you talk?"
Kagome nodded her head.
"Then talk."
Kagome just stared at him.
"You're boring." Inuyasha said. He began to ring the water out of his jacket.
"You no swim." Kagome said shyly.
Inuyasha jumped at her words. "Feh, I don't need to swim." He said. "You need to when you fall in the water." Kagome stated.
"Feh..." Inuyasha said.
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Hey Everyone I'm soo sorry but I'm gonna have to stop there for now... I'll continue it tomorrow... R&R if you wanna yell at me... lol...